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Despite finishing in the play-off places during their first season at
Blackwell Meadows, Darlington were disqualified from competing in the play-offs for a chance for promotion to the National League due to an inadequate quantity of seats. As a result, the club expanded their seated stand to 588 in
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Opened in 1994, it was initially constructed to host games for
Darlington RFC, a grassroots rugby union team who were looking for a new premises after selling their McMullen Road location for retail development. The club committed £1.7 million to develop their new ground. The ground also hosted an
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in 2012. The club would go on to return to their traditional
Darlington FC name the following year, and gradually began to develop the facilities overtime.
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in 2012, after a prolonged period of financial difficulty. Prior to their relocation to
Blackwell Meadows, the club have agreed to ground-share with
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Meadows hosted their first international match on 3 March 2013, when the
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